Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy is in place to inform you how Finch Legal manages, collects, uses, processes and discloses your Personal Data, as is consistent with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Act) and the Australia Privacy Principles (APPs). Protecting our customer’s Personal Data and compliance with Applicable Laws is of the utmost importance to Finch Legal and a matter we take very seriously. We are committed to properly managing, protecting and processing your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Please read and review this Privacy Policy, which will inform you how we collect, use, process and disclose your Personal Data. This Privacy Policy supplements, but does not supersede nor replace any other consents you may have previously provided to Finch Legal in respect of your Personal Data.

Introduction

For the purposes of understanding this Privacy Policy, capitalised terms have the following meanings:

• “Applicable Laws” means the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth), the Australian Privacy Principles and their respective subsidiary legislations and regulations, as amended from time to time;
  
• “Personal Data” means any data, whether true or not, which is (a) about an individual who can be reasonably identified (i) from that data; or (ii) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access and would include data in our records as may be updated from time to time, or (b) defined as “personal data” or “personal information” under any Applicable Laws;

What Personal Data Do We Collect?

During our relationship with you, we may collect Personal Data from you. Examples of the types of Personal Data we may collect includes your name, contact details, addresses, email address, birthday, facial image, and any other personally identifiable information that you have provided us.

How Do We Collect Your Personal Data?

We collect Personal Data from you when you complete our client forms, during telephone calls and meetings, in exchange of emails, directly from our website and the like.

All of your Personal Data will be stored electronically or in paper form.

How Will Your Data be Used?

We use your personal data in order to complete the services in which you have engaged us to undertake. We may also use this data to send you newsletters, birthday notifications and invitations to future events. We may also use the information collected to communicate and correspond with third parties such as companies or persons assisting us or acting on your behalf or our behalf.

Finch Legal is bound by strict professional obligations of confidentiality and legal professional privilege. We will always maintain our obligations in respect of the treatment of your personal information in accordance with those duties.

Administration and Management of Personal Data

You should ensure that all Personal Data you submit to us is complete, accurate, up-to-date and correct. Failure to do so may result in our inability to provide you with the services you have requested. You should keep us updated of any relevant changes to your Personal Data. We will not be responsible for relying on inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data if you have not updated us of such changes.

We will make reasonable efforts to ensure Personal Data likely to be used by us is accurate, up-to-date and correct.

We will also put in place reasonable security arrangements to ensure that your Personal Data is adequately protected and secured and to prevent any unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, leakage, loss, damage or alteration of your Personal Data. However, we will not be responsible for any unauthorised use of Personal Data by third parties which is attributable to factors beyond our control. Further, given that no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as completely secure, we cannot guarantee 100% the security of any (personal or other) information you transmit to us; and as such we will not be liable for any breach of security or unintended loss or disclosure of information.

Contacting Us

For any questions relating to your Personal Data or about this Privacy Policy, if you have a complaint regarding the collection, use or handling of your Personal Data by us, you may contact us as follows:

By Email

Contact leesa@finchlegal.com.au

By Post

Finch Legal PO Box 11490 Centenary Heights Qld 4350

You can find more information about privacy and the protection of your Personal Data on the website of the OAIC at     https://www.oaic.gov.au/.

Governing Law

This Privacy Policy and your use of this Website shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Australia.